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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a professional test prep tutor.  There is a difference between teaching kids Algebra throughout the year and re-teaching/reviewing with them in the few weeks leading up to the exam so they can do well.

My DS took Algebra this past year.  It was well-taught with good enrichment, but the preparation for PARCC Algebra was terrible.

I also think the PARCC Algebra exam is poorly constructed and so many skill sets are conflated in 1 question that it is not really a good measure of "proficiency".  Also, IMO, the reading level on PARCC is too high or the questionwriting sucks.  [b]Many bright kids come out of PARCC saying they didn't understand what a question was asking[/b].[/quote]

This is true across the board for PARCC. Our teachers have said that several of the brightest kids often "overthink" the questions - - in other words they understand that there is more than one way to interpret the question the way it was written, or it incorrectly uses a term, etc.  I've seen it in practice questions that get sent home and DH and totally understand why the kids aren't sure what is being asked and why the correct answer seems wrong. [/quote]

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